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                                   1055
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 7, 2021
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ZEBROWSKI, WEPRIN, COLTON, BENEDETTO, STECK,
   STIRPE, THIELE, DICKENS, O'DONNELL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.
   McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN  ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to authoriz-
   ing treatment of workers' compensation  injuries  by  an  occupational
   therapy assistant or physical therapy assistant
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Subdivision 2 of section 13-b of the workers' compensation
 law is amended by adding a new paragraph (b-1) to read as follows:
   (B-1) UNDER THE DIRECT SUPERVISION OF AN AUTHORIZED OCCUPATIONAL THER-
 APIST, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SERVICES MAY BE RENDERED BY AN  OCCUPATIONAL
 THERAPY  ASSISTANT.  UNDER THE DIRECT SUPERVISION OF AN AUTHORIZED PHYS-
 ICAL THERAPIST, PHYSICAL THERAPY SERVICES MAY BE RENDERED BY A  PHYSICAL
 THERAPIST  ASSISTANT.  THIS  SUPERVISION  SHALL  BE  EVIDENCED BY SIGNED
 RECORDS  OF  INSTRUCTIONS  FOR  TREATMENT  AND  SIGNED  RECORDS  OF  THE
 PATIENT'S  CONDITION AND PROGRESS.  REPORTS OF SUCH TREATMENT AND SUPER-
 VISION SHALL BE MADE BY  SUCH  PROVIDER  TO  THE  CHAIR  IN  THE  FORMAT
 PRESCRIBED BY THE CHAIR AT SUCH TIMES AS THE CHAIR MAY REQUIRE.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05124-01-1